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berry are the commonest examples of these. 

 These different names nearly always stand for 

 separate botanical species, and there are no 

 horticultural varieties of consequence in any 

 of these groups. The fruits may be described 

 according to pomological formulas whenever 

 desired. In doing this one might choose the 

 form used for blackberries or the one for 

 raspberries, usually the latter. The botanical 

 classification of the species covers the ground 

 for the present, no further classification of the 

 groups being necessary. 



The June-berry (Amalanchier) is sometimes 

 cultivated in the United States, and probably 

 deserves to be more frequently planted in 

 gardens. There are only a few recognized 

 varieties, though the plants vary greatly in 

 the wild state. If many varieties were to be 

 described some new form of description would 

 have to be devised considerably different from 

 any of those illustrated in this book. Natur- 

 ally there has been no attempt at systematic 

 pomological classification of the June-berries. 



The cranberry forms a distinctively Ameri- 

 can fruit crop, and is one of our most im- 

 portant subsidary fruits. There are several 

 distinct varieties which deserve much more 



